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I love how Apple focuses on emotion -- those family FaceTime videos were so moving. Intersection of Liberal Arts & Technology, indeed. Well done, Apple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GuBdvA7Qus
Eh, requires Quicktime. Hooray for the Open Web. I'll just take your word that it's really shiny.
They seem to be using the video-tag: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/html5.png Don’t know what’s going on with QuickTime – maybe a fallback if your browser won’t play h.264? Does it work on Chrome without QuickTime? (– edit: Three people [who downvoted me] seem to think that formulating a reasonable hypothesis and asking reasonable questions because of conflicting information is already too much Apple love. Or maybe…
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I parsed it as "The overall lifetime of a phone is generally limited by the death of it's battery rather than the glass. If the battery could be replaced, the durability of components would be more of an issue."
That's how I parsed it. Not sure why you are being downvoted, except perhaps people being annoyed because the inability to replace the iPhone battery is an old complaint that they've all heard before. But I think it's a legitimate point.
You have to give it to Apple, they are the masters of marketing. It does not matter if all these functionalities existed long before before, they make it seem like a new invention. Just like Mac books, the iPhone will have a small market share but will be very profitable for Apple.
How many phones have 300+ DPI IPS screens?
For those that reject quicktime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVIxXBKesvg
I won't put quicktime on this machine, so I haven't seen the video. Do they mention the speed of the processor in the video? I'm suspicious of the actual processor speed since it wasn't mentioned in the coverage I saw of the event, and it's not mentioned here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
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That is an exception. I am talking about front facing camera which existed years ago, flash (as in the light :)), 5 meg camera etc. I am not in anyway trying to belittle what they have created. But you should remember these are the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste.
>the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste. A feature which won't be included in Windows Phone Series 7, and a feature which frankly sucks on my Android phone.
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anybody else think its hilarious that this comment gets downvoted to oblivion?
Not really? "Company markets Product as if it is a Big Deal that people should Definitely Buy" is hardly an interesting or insightful observation.
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They did that back in 2004 when iChat AV was introduced, and AV didn't disrupt or shift habits away from traditional audio and text. I think video conferencing is a great feature no doubt, but it's largely too intrusive for most people. Certainly making it more accessible and standardized will help some however, even amongst the most savvy early adopters (and MM+ of college students with MacBooks), video chatting has…
iChat AV has always had an interesting usability / interaction issue. Because the camera is located on the display bezel, and not in the middle of the screen where the video window sits, you can't ever make full eye contact with the person you're talking to. It makes the entire conversation feel a little "off". I've always thought this was a subtle yet important reason computer-based video chat never took off, and wa…
Anyhow, how long do you think it will take your average female to get ready for a FaceTime phone call? It's for this and other behavioral issues that video calling will always be nice but never necessary. At least that's my prediction for the next 10 years.